Chinese company makes soy sauce from human hair

A resourceful Chinese company got in trouble for brewing soy sauce out of human hair.
China Central Television (CCTV), the state television station, first raised public worries over the quality of domestic soy sauce by uncovering a substandard workshop in central China's Hubei Province, where piles of waste human hair were found. The hairs were treated in special containers to distill amino acid, the most common substance contained in soybean sauce.

Human hair is rich in protein content, just like soybean, wheat and bran, the conventional and legally accepted raw ingredients for the production of soy sauce.

A new wave of food scandals has erupted in China. Melamine-laced dairy products have resurfaced; pork tainted with toxic clenbuterol, as well as millions of tons of diseased carcasses of chickens and pigs, continue to be sold as food.

Since this is just the latest Chinese food scandalâ€”previous ones have involved soy protein, gluten, glycerin, fish, candy, ginger and garlicâ€”you should be alarmed. The food labeling laws allow for Chinese ingredients to be used in processed foods without being labeled as being of Chinese origin.

China is about to become World's largest importer of farm products. That nation is not able to supply its own domestic agri product demands. And people are worried about chinese farm products flooding India!

China is about to become World's largest importer of farm products. That nation is not able to supply its own domestic agri product demands. And people are worried about chinese farm products flooding India!

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Ok the flood part was not accurate, but China does export Dairy products. And a lot of contamination.

On 25 September 2008, the EU announced a ban on imports of baby food containing Chinese milk. The European Commission also called for tighter checks on other Chinese food imports;[SUP][120][/SUP][SUP][121][/SUP] isolated contaminated products were found in the Netherlands, and the French authorities ordered all Chinese dairy products off shelves;[SUP][122][/SUP] Tesco removed White Rabbit as a precaution from its stores in the United Kingdom.[SUP][123][/SUP]

The good news is that it makes people more aware of food safety. Bad news is that it was reported by CCTV in 2004.
Whoever posted this is late by like hmmm 8 years. Guess writers in boingboing.com dont care about that.
After all food standards are the key here, right? Even old news can be of use.

I have heard pork price is sky reaching in China triple digit and more costly then any other meat in that nation, while their all weather friend cannot provide this meat to the Chinese it could be a good bet for North East India to have some business, maybe even I initiate such a farm if such a prospect of Import export arise (Import-export Biz. hehe )

The good news is that it makes people more aware of food safety. Bad news is that it was reported by CCTV in 2004.
Whoever posted this is late by like hmmm 8 years. Guess writers in boingboing.com dont care about that.
After all food standards are the key here, right? Even old news can be of use.